Camponotus yogi

Camponotus yogi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Hymenoptera
Family:	Formicidae
Subfamily:	Formicinae
Tribe:	Camponotini
Genus:	Camponotus
Subgenus:	Camponotus
Species:	C. yogi
Binomial name
Camponotus yogi Wheeler, W.M., 1915 Specimen labels
Synonyms
Colobopsis apostemata Mackay, 2018 Colobopsis cavibregma Mackay, 2018

Distribution

Latitudinal Distribution Pattern

Latitudinal Range: 38.867° to 32.13333333°.

North Temperate	North Subtropical	Tropical	South Subtropical	South Temperate

• Source: AntMaps

Distribution based on Regional Taxon Lists

Nearctic Region: United States (type locality).
Neotropical Region: Mexico (type locality).

Distribution based on AntMaps

Distribution based on AntWeb specimens

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Biology

Associations with other Organisms

Nests of this species occasionally host Temnothorax andrei, although the nature of the relationship is unknown (Creighton and Snelling, 1966).

Flight Period

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Nomenclature

The following information is derived from Barry Bolton's Online Catalogue of the Ants of the World.

• yogi. Camponotus yogi Wheeler, W.M. 1915b: 420 (s.w.) U.S.A.
  • Creighton & Snelling, 1967: 191 (q.m.); Wheeler, G.C. & Wheeler, J. 1970: 650 (l.).
  • Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus): Emery, 1925b: 156.
  • Combination in C. (Colobopsis): Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 562.
  • Combination in Colobopsis: Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 215.
  • Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 44.
  • Status as species: Wheeler, W.M. 1917a: 562; Emery, 1925b: 156; Creighton, 1950a: 401; Smith, M.R. 1951a: 847; Creighton & Snelling, 1967: 187; Smith, D.R. 1979: 1434; Bolton, 1995b: 130; Ward, 2005: 63; McArthur, 2012: 160; Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 215 (redescription).
• apostemata. Colobopsis apostemata Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 100, figs. 18. 19, 107-112, pls 8-9 (s.w.) MEXICO (Baja California).
  • Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 44.
  • Junior synonym of yogi: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 44.
• cavibregma. Colobopsis cavibregma Mackay, W., in Mackay & Mackay, 2018: 107, figs. 113-118 (w.q.) U.S.A. (California).
  • Combination in Camponotus (Camponotus): Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 44.
  • Junior synonym of yogi: Ward & Boudinot, 2021: 44.

References

• Creighton, W. S.; Snelling, R. R. 1967 [1966]. The rediscovery of Camponotus (Myrmaphaenus) yogi Wheeler (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Psyche (Camb.) 73: 187-195 (page 195, queen, male described)
• Emery, C. 1925d. Hymenoptera. Fam. Formicidae. Subfam. Formicinae. Genera Insectorum 183: 1-302 (page 156, Combination in C. (Myrmaphaenus))
• Mackay, W.P., Mackay, E.E. 2018. Revision of the New World Cork-Headed ants of the genus Colobopsis: 279 pp. Lambert Academic Publishing.
• Ward, P.S., Boudinot, B.E. 2021. Grappling with homoplasy: taxonomic refinements and reassignments in the ant genera Camponotus and Colobopsis (Hymenoptera: Formicidae). Arthropod Systematics & Phylogeny 79, 37–56 (doi:10.3897/asp.79.e66978).
• Wheeler, G. C.; Wheeler, J. 1970b. Ant larvae of the subfamily Formicinae: second supplement. Ann. Entomol. Soc. Am. 63: 648-656 (page 650, larva described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1915b. Some additions to the North American ant-fauna. Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. 34: 389-421 (page 420, soldier, worker described)
• Wheeler, W. M. 1917a. The mountain ants of western North America. Proc. Am. Acad. Arts Sci. 52: 457-569 (page 562, Combination in C. (Colobopsis))